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The plate will go on...
In April 1912 Eva Freada Husted, daughter of Nelson Husted and Maggie (Squires) Husted, with her newly wedded husband were going back to the United States, from England where they were visiting their relatives. Eva was having such a good time and didn't know when she would be able to visit Britain again. She decided to extend her stay for one more week, while her husband goes on without her to get back to his job.
One week later, Eva arrived at the docks to board her ship. The dock in Southampton looked fairly chaotic due to the National Coal Strike that opened at Alfreton in Derbyshire and spread around the country to paralyze British industries and put into trouble ship owners.
On try to board her ship Eva was informed that she was given passage back to America on board of Titanic instead. The Titanic's employee took Eva's hand and walked her onboard the ship. As they walked to her second class cabin, Eva was astonished by the beauty of the liner. When they got to her cabin, the man opened the door for her and she walked inside. The first thing she noticed was the little china plate sitting on the dresser. After the man left, she started looking at the plate closer. The longer she looked at the plate, the more she wanted it. Finally, she decided to take it as a memento to remember her voyage on the Titanic.
Eva wrapped the plate in a napkin and placed it in her purse. On the morning of April 15, a man came to Eva's cabin door and told her to put on her life-belt and get up to the lifeboats. Eva grabbed her purse and got on the deck of the sinking ship.
As Eva's lifeboat rowed away from the shipwreck, she reached into her purse for a tissue and bumped the plate with her hand.
The wonderful plate that mesmerized the young girl as to survive Titanic’s dramatic shipwreck was manufactured by Pirkenhammer.
